Odds of a High School Athlete playing College Sports
Posted July 17, 2017
Odds of a High School Athlete playing College Sports | Scholarship Stats.com |
Here are the odds of a US high school athlete playing at the next level for 4 popular sports: |
Boys playing high School: | Basketball | Baseball | Football | Soccer |
Playing in any Division in College | 17 : 1 | 9 : 1 | 12 : 1 | 11 : 1 |
Playing in NCAA Division I | 110 : 1 | 47 : 1 | 41 : 1 | 73 : 1 |
Going Pro | 1,860 : 1 | 764 : 1 | 603 : 1 | 835 : 1 |
Odds of a US High School Athlete Playing in College: What are the chances of a high school athlete making the transition to the college level? We compared the number of athletes participating in varsity sports at US high schools during the 2015-16 school year to the number of college student athletes and arrived at the following percentages. Overall a little over 7% of high school athletes (about 1 in 14) went on to play a varsity sport in college, and about 2% of high school athletes (1 in 50) went on to play at the NCAA Division I level: |